Samuel barker



SAMUEL BAKKER, OF NEW' YORK, N. Y.

SAIL-HANK.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 9,065, dated J une 29, 1852.

o all 'whom tt may concerni Be it known that I, SAMUEL BARKER, of NewYork, in the county and State of New York, have invented and made a newand Improved Hank, said hanks being employed to secure the stay sailsand jibs of ships and vessels each to their proper stay; and I do herebydeclare t-hat the following is a full, clear, and eXact description ofthe con# struction of the same, reference being had to the annexeddrawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is aplan or top view of my improved hank. Fig. 2 is a plan or top view ofditto, the friction rollers being' removed, and the socket of the hankbeing in section for the purpose of showing the manner in which the eyeis secured in the socket. Fig. 3, is a plan of the hoop and socketpartly distended, showing the manner in which the hanks are placedaround the stay. Fig. et, is a plan of the eye, showing the manner inwhich the eyes are placed in the eyelets of the sail. Fig. 5, is a planof the ordinary wooden hanks in present use. Fig. 6, shows theapplication of the hank.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each of theseveral tigures.

The nature of my invention consists in constructing a metal hank of twoparts, one of which is to embrace lthe stay rope and may be a continuoushoop, or one as delineated in the drawings, opening on a hinge the morereadily to admit of its being applied torthe stay, and on which it issecured from being lost overboard by the use of a screw bolt, furnishedwith a ring handle through which may be passed the down haul. vThis partis formed so as to constitute a socket for the reception of the shank ofthe other part, viz., an eye, opening as a pair of shears, for thepurpose of being passed through and secured in the eyelet of the sail.The shank on this eye, after closing on the eyelet, is entered into thesocket of the hoop, where it is retained by a sliding bolt passingthrough it, and by which it is secured, in its place. The advantage thishank possesses over the wooden one (to which t-he eyelet is secured withspun yarn and which this invention is designed to substitute) is that itobviates the chatting to which the spun yarn seizing is subjected, whichloosening t-he sail requires that it should be hauled down for newseizing and is thus frequently split, .rendering necessary the bendingof a new sail, which even in port takes considerable time, but more soat sea, if not impossible in a high wind, while with the metal hank themere slipping out the eye from one sail into another is the work of asecond.

In applying these hanks the sailor having clasped the stay with the hoopportion, and secured it with the bolt, with the left hand lays hold onthe sail, and drawing it to the eye held in the right hand, passes. theeye into the eyelet and closing it, it is then readily introduced intothe socket on the hoop portion, the palm of the same hand being used tothrow in the bolt, the left hand being now relieved, a turn or two ofthe screw on said bolt secures it in its place.

'Io enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, Iwill proceed fully to describe its construction and operation.

A, represents the hoop which may be constructed of any suitable metal.Said hoop is divided into two equal parts (a) (a) and connected by ajoint (c). See Figs. 2 and 3. The ends of the parts (a) (b) opposite tothe joint have a socket B, upon them, the socket being composed of twoparts (c), a part being attached to each ofthe ends of the parts (a) (b)of the hoop. See Figs. 1, 2, and 3.

(f) are friction rollers or rings placed on the hoop, as seen in Fig. 1,the rollers or rings being confined within a certain limit or space onthe hoop by means of the stops (g) (g) which are permanently attached tothe hoop after the rollers or rings are placed on it.

C, is a screw which passes through the socket, see Fig. 2, and by whichthe two parts (el) (e) are secured together.

D, is the eye and shank, Figs. 1, 2 and 4, composed of two parts (h) (i)connected by a pivot by which the eye may be opened, as seen in Fig. et,and placed in the eyelet of the sail. The shank fits in the socket B, asseen in Fig. 2, a screw rod E, passing through a hole in the shank whichprevents the eye from being withdrawn from the socket. The eye or ringF, on the end of the screw C, is for the purpose of allowing thedown-haul (7c) to pass through. See Fig. 6. Vhere my hanks are used thesail will descend in many cases without employing the down-haul.

The several parts composing the bank being noW described I Will proceedto show the manner in Which it is applied.

The eye D, is detached from the socket by withdrawing the screw rod E,and the eye is then opened, as seen in Fig. 4, and placed in the eyeletof the sail and then closed. The loop A, is then opened, see Fig. 3, andplaced around the stay, the screW C, having been previously Withdrawnfrom the socket. The screw C, is then replaced and the parts of thesocket screwed firmly together. The shank of the eye is then placedWithin the socket and the screw rod E, passed through the hole in theshank, as seen in F ig. 2.

I have merely described one, it being understood that there are a seriesof hanks on a sail.

Having described the nature of my inveny sAML. BARKER. i

Witnesses O. D. MUNN, S. H. WALES.

